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“Chef Danny” Amend’s favorite of the crops that he grows is salinova oak leaf lettuce, the middle row. “It’s a beautiful head lettue, it almost looks like a hedgehog to me,” said Amend.
“Chef Danny” Amend’s favorite of the crops that he grows is salinova oak leaf lettuce, the middle row. “It’s a beautiful head lettue, it almost looks like a hedgehog to me,” said Amend. ( Michael Bloom)

These greens are dialed in

Growing up, Danny Amend spent a lot of time in the family garden in California’s Sonoma County, weeding and hauling wheelbarrows...

Features
07 Dec 2022 | 11:58
A cow at Kezialain Farm in the Town of Minisink, N.Y., which has been in the Lain family since 1775.
A cow at Kezialain Farm in the Town of Minisink, N.Y., which has been in the Lain family since 1775. ( Keith Stewart)

The biggest burpers

Sorry if this spoils your day but here’s yet another thing to worry about: burping cows. No crap. Cow burps and, to a lesser...

Features
09 Jan 2023 | 04:50
Plant jewelry
Plant jewelry

Stuff we dig

Looking for something different? Here’s what we liked this year.

1. Plant jewelry: It’s not only a lovely accent to your favorite...

Features
13 Oct 2022 | 11:44
A wolf at the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, NY. Wolves howl to find a mate, as a rallying call to gather their family, to advertise their territory, as a defensive strategy and as “social glue.”
A wolf at the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, NY. Wolves howl to find a mate, as a rallying call to gather their family, to advertise their territory, as a defensive strategy and as “social glue.” ( Meryl Phair)

Sleeping with wolves: a suburban adventure

As thirty-plus wolves howl outside my tent, I reassure myself as a vegetarian I will likely be the last meal choice. The...

Features
18 Aug 2022 | 08:51
An open Recompose vessel and cradle.
An open Recompose vessel and cradle. ( Katrina Spade)

Dissolving, composting: the new frontier in eco-friendly endings

When we die, we leave behind flesh and bones and assorted entrails that have to be dealt with. This is not a subject many...

Features
28 Jun 2022 | 01:55
The nouveau black dirt

The nouveau black dirt

Springtime on a farm always feels like a race. Here, it’s a full-on sprint. The moment Alix Daguin materialized in the barn...

Features
28 Jun 2022 | 02:23
The two families that make up the permanent contingent of the Freedom Farm community.
The two families that make up the permanent contingent of the Freedom Farm community. ( Robert Breese)

This is what food justice looks like

A warm, earthy smell drifted in from the snow-covered fields as I pulled up to Freedom Farm – how welcome in the doldrums...

Features
31 Mar 2022 | 02:09
Swallow of a different color

Swallow of a different color

I wouldn’t exactly call myself a birdwatcher, but I do like birds. I’m especially fond of chickadees, mourning doves, cardinals,...

Features
20 Dec 2021 | 01:55
Harrison working his bees barehanded. He gets stung so often that by the end of the season, he hardly reacts anymore.
Harrison working his bees barehanded. He gets stung so often that by the end of the season, he hardly reacts anymore. ( Becca Tucker)

The EpiPen kid

Eleven-year-old Patrick Harrison was the EpiPen kid. After a bee sting at Cub Scout camp blew him up like “the Michelin man,”...

Features
09 Feb 2022 | 12:03
Seven minutes to midnight

Seven minutes to midnight

In 2017, I began visiting federal prisoners as a volunteer with Prisoner Visitation and Support. One of the first men I met...

Features
29 Nov 2021 | 10:19
Stuff we dig

Stuff we dig

1. Beeswax CandlesAlysia Mazzella, 32, is a self-taught chandler who sources all her beeswax from independent apiaries in...

Features
08 Oct 2021 | 12:02
Where eagles fly

Where eagles fly

Last winter was cold and the snow was deep. If you happened to be a non-hibernating, four-legged herbivore there was almost...

Features
16 Sep 2021 | 02:57
Maxfield chose the ogre-faced spider because of its “two huge front-facing eyes... I figured that people tend to connect better to animals that have big round eyes like that.” Insect declines are having knock-on effects up the food chain on animals like birds and spiders, whose webs have fewer bugs in them these days.
Maxfield chose the ogre-faced spider because of its “two huge front-facing eyes... I figured that people tend to connect better to animals that have big round eyes like that.” Insect declines are having knock-on effects up the food chain on animals like birds and spiders, whose webs have fewer bugs in them these days. ( Illustration by Zoe Maxfield)

The good, the bad and the bugly

I freely admit, when it comes to healthy living from the ground up, I am a newbie. One of the most difficult challenges I’ve...

Features
20 Jul 2021 | 02:01
Sarah Hambrick with a flat of marigolds growing in a greenhouse in Chester.
Sarah Hambrick with a flat of marigolds growing in a greenhouse in Chester. ( Becca Tucker)

‘Bride’s best friend’ grows local roots

Sarah Hambrick was 19, bouncing from major to major at Dutchess Community College, the winter she took a seasonal job at...

Features
23 Jun 2021 | 03:13
Everett Cox on Memorial Day
Everett Cox on Memorial Day ( Photo by Dorathea Hahn)

‘They’re facing their mortality, my generation’

I never imagined that lonely old vets – from WWII, Korea, Vietnam – or their caregivers would hold my hand while crying and...

Griterati
04 Jun 2021 | 12:27
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